The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-11
tlnhlAu N Gal, L>r0N BAl.
Towed ny n GranduquoIs.-An old Fisher
mans Tales.

MANY 4 time said a solitary fisher
man pn u harre mOorcd TO ;hc wharf
have pulled up anchor when fishing
IN q small SklH near the Quarantine Sr4.
ton to siiow the boat To be pulled glnn,,
~ some huge fish that ] had h0pkcl
.remrm5cr we'll the surprise / created
one time ~ calmly sitting back in the
stern OF my boat AMI waiting 80 see
where his lish5hip was going to tax, nl.
II happened 10 be what thcv call
granduquOis 4 r.Isrally pirate that al
ways gets away with your Inc ami |
think that fish Was pretty we'll Disguised.
We ran all over TIA. hay - sometimes tO.
ward Bolivar, then toward Pelican -a.ld
once Or tH!cc the Elnduquois got mad
and tried 10 pail lhe boat unicr but
that was little 10 much Tor him Th-u
n got 50 mad that h. jumpe clean on
o. the water and turi0usiy dashed hiy
tail.
That settled it, for he broke the line.
and | spent exactly ten minutes in ours
ing the fish, for II left mo nearly two
miles away from tho quarantine station.
ilnd II Was not 50 pleasant - row "a boat
II the not sun for = lat man ike mysc i.
lIhe speaker weighci about two hundred
and fifty pounds.
At that time" continued the fisher
man, the .,randuquois was as dangerous
rs II was pirItical. | sav 'at that time
Tor haven't seen or heard Of one in the
past lour years. Several serious !uishaps
occurred during one OF these fishing sea
sons.
4 party rig-ei up a line for the express
purpose oi landing granduguoiS in the
boat. " ell, II was one Oi In: mistakes
III llfc that people will frequently make.
and guess they thought 50. tOJ. | WIS
out fishing that morning as usual in NV
skill, holding my recl-pool and coniuring
mp visions OF front and other sam fish,
when the graRduquois party came
along. They yelled ont to me that they
meant 70 show the gTanduquolS that h.
wasn't boss OF the waters, and told them
that hoped they'd succeed - while
knew they wouid not.
Pretty soon 4 violent veil told me that
something had transpircd, and looking
around / saw the boat tHut hai lust
nte-t.l. nr sklnmlug through the water
at "a lively rate, AMI grauigIU0is was
pal-n- A. The men in the irl5 wcra
shouting and wildly -o-tlsula iuL. aai
/ was wondering what caused 30 mach
excitement. IOr h0OaiuL q 2gsuIut"ys
va lUr-" common. But ! soon had ia.
eAc.l-aa..t explained. the trsu WHO
mad been hnlslng the line had licI IL 10
hIs wrist, and the lIsa mad pulled his arm
WaE down into tn wafer. Bat instead
gl eating iac lane they tired 10 pull IH
the lIs!. 10 tHn very natural discontinue
O.! do, man who, from the expression OF
Als SAGE, FIs wishing the risl III na!iiaE.
yI ssmc other hotter place.
Perseverance vas ultimately rewarded,
however, auI, with suprrhunau vIOr-S,
they landed the fish in th- boat 1l z.
quicker tnan you could say taa.. Robin
son. the Ii-h Topped @DOu. v5ta ms .aE
and the uau went dying Ov,r gg- sid.
and the Utaer seen n a di-sau 20, I'll
siziGy WIS ruBU.a 10 CongUi-s ANY on
with l&'i--l;cr, .yr Z was extremely funny
To So Tine n,n Hopping Dut ui lac boat
- UurrIr.anHlOusly, aul to -e- iisLn-
taczi. AMI baskets follow IU.i .ifS r5lailJl--
y. In.st T..s III U-U-uL.ly iIt-r s.auI
uquoiI, beIn" about six feet IL length.
an { 1t was fortunate the men w-re hi
on the lower portion Of the body. or they
might have been stunned into unr0l-
srlgusncss The grJudugU0is upset tn
boat IN trying 70 liop himself out a4d
pulled uP AM took in the haplcss iisil.r-
Ina2- Iney let gran iuquOis severely
alone alter that. " hat - 1t like Vel
IN general app pearancc, it resembles tn.
alligator gar with the exception OF the
mouth, which Is not - sharp IS that Of
the gar The grauiuIuois, however Is
e 1.
one wpUl ! care 10 meet IN Galveston Blv
II he took 4 sudden desire to attack YOU.
There Sre yerv few Spanish ul3cl,.r,.I
caught now. / believe that more g-nu-
inc p.casGr. IS derived from catchiny = /
Spanish mlckerel than any other game |
ESh. / tell YOU II - simply glorious
OH fish them by either trolling or let
ting the line sink 10 a certain depth be |
MEATH the surface SAY about four feet |
Fresh halt Is absolutely essential i'm fish
ing Tor Spanish mackercl, AMI you must /
have llve mInnDw or q isg- ShriuD /
! o. 1T IA hJIt sink ioUr f-Ct an / grad /
u2lly allow the line to slip away an inch |
&, ti-Hc. 4 piece 0l wood or cork !
from a bottle viii suffice iUr = 1olt. upon /
wu!rn you must keep your eyes riyctcl /
all the time. Spanish mIckercl. like
most Of the trout family, ALWAYS bite
when on the run, AMI when Your float
shoots under the blue water n schg0! OF
macSercl has Just sped by. They don't
stop at all - Just scoop IN the bait and
keep right on. Your line suddenly
grOws taut and You begin 10 pull IN,
gently ~ first bUt quickly and firmly nj
While you're drawing him
toward the boat he jumps up ont OF tn.
water repeatedly, performing the bcautl-
ful AMI graceful curves Tor which they
are Motel A true sportsman viii play
with the Spanish Iaackerrl rs lonL Is
possible II he has HIM firmly hooked,
and thus derive one OF the kceucst thrills
Of pleasure known to seekers after the
hnny tribe. Spanish maCkerel are found
IN all Southern waters and derive their
name, l think, from having been first
seen in the Mediterranean, OH the Span
ish coast